PUBLIC RELATIONS AWARDS 2000: Consultancy & Individual - The Median Recruitment Award. Best New Consultancy

COMMENDED

Joe Public Relations

Joe Public Relations is a consumer PR agency founded in August 1998 as a spin-off of Text 100. By the end of its first year, the consultancy had 12 clients including Tesco, AOL UK and Umbro, with a staff of 16. The total fee income in the first year was pounds 820,175, and this is expected to double this year.

The agency's ethos is a people-centred one, and its priorities, in order, are people, clients, profits. The agency was the highest new entry in the 2000 PR Week Top 150.

COMMENDED

Rainier

Rainier describes itself as a technology company that excels at PR and marketing. The agency was founded in September 1998 by Stephen Waddington, Steve Earl and Tanya Lepojevic, who between them have 20 years' experience in technical PR and journalism. At the end of its first year, the company had a turnover of pounds 450,000 and eight clients.

This should grow to 20 clients and a turnover of pounds 1.25 million by the end of this year. The company's central philosophy is based on giving senior input to clients and journalists, and bold creative campaigns.

FINALISTS

Cirkle Communications

Sputnik Communications

The Television Consultancy.